This document contains slides from a presentation by Justo Hidalgo on building products. It discusses Hidalgo's background and experience in data science, product management, and as the co-founder and CEO of 24symbols. Several slides discuss concepts related to crafting digital products such as finding problems to solve, demonstrating commercial/social attractiveness, and how new products drive innovation. Other slides cover topics like product life cycles, competitive analysis, customer journeys, and integrating acquisition, activation, retention, and referral strategies into a product roadmap.
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Professional career
• PhD Data Science, MSc Computer Science
• Co-founder & CEO, 24symbols (2010-)
• VP Product Management and Presales, Denodo (Palo
Alto, CA & Madrid, 2004-2010)
• University lecturer:
– Product Management and Strategy
– Technology for Managers
– Creativity and Innovation
– Data Science and Analytics
• Book author, startup mentor
@justohidalgo
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https://www.24symbols.com/
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Summarizing
• Of every 11 ideas or concepts
–3 are developed
–1,3 are launched
–1 is “successful”
• 90%: failed proposals
• 35%: failed after launch
Source: Winning at New Products, Robert Cooper. 2001
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• Sales: how to sell
products
• Engineering: what to
build
• Marketing:
positioning and value
• Analysts: strategy,
customer testing
• Press: what’s new &
relevant?
• Customers: why your
product?
• Biz Dev: positioning,
go-to-market
• PMgmt, Mktg: I KNOW
THE ANSWER!!!
Who decides?
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Osborn’s CPS (Creative Problem Solving) model
1. Find the
Challenge
2. Find the Facts
3. Find the
Problem
4. Find the Idea
5. Find the
Solution
6. Find
Acceptance
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Osborn’s CPS (Creative Problem Solving) model
1. Find the
Challenge
2. Find the Facts
3. Find the
Problem
4. Find the Idea
5. Find the
Solution
6. Find
Acceptance
Divergent
process
Convergent
process
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This is Sofía
30 yo.
Born in Madrid,
but with Buenos
Aires
background
(“porteña”).
Worked in “The
Wine Market”, an
argentinian wine
distribution
company.
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Acquire Activate Retain Refer Get Revenue
SEO
SEM
Campaigns
Email
Blogs
…
Landing
Page
Product
Features
…
Content
(blogs,
articles,
…)
Emails
Alerts
…
Campaigns
Emails
…
Shopping
cart
Subscriptions
Lead Gen
…
traffic social business
Data Analytics
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Opportunity
1. Consumers’ increasing
understanding of
content services (vs
ownership)
2. Tipping point about to
be reached
(eReader/tablet market,
eBook availability)
3. Piracy increasing
1. Readers’ frustration
(e,g, lending)
Solution
1. New business model:
freemium-based
subscription model, that
brings a solution to piracy
and ownership issues
2. Social reading: offering
new communication
options to readers
3. Readers’ Hub: meeting
point from a
multipublishers’
perspective
Unique Value Proposition
24symbols is a platform to read eBooks
on the Internet, with your friends and
based on a subscription model,
1. Reading on the cloud: no need to
download eBooks (no DRMs; multi-
device reading; real-time monitoring
of reading habits by publishers)
1. Social Reading: share books,
passages, … in social networks
1. Freemium: scale-focused service via
ad-supported subscription, Full-blown
capabilities in premium service (full
catalog, offline access)
Customer Segments
• Mass market
• Management
• Education, STM
• Comic-books
• Others (serious readers,
journalists, …)
Advantage
• Publishers cannot do it by
themselves alone, users
require a single hub,
• First mover: people already
identify 24symbols,
agreements already exist
• Publishers as partnersKeyMetric
1. Traffic KPIs
• #free, premium
users
• #pages read
2. Social KPI
• Book virality
3. Financial KPI
• Price per page
4. Publishing KPI
• Publishers onboard
Competitors
• Amazon
• Apple
• Kobo
• B&N Nook
• The Copia
• Scribd
Revenue Streams
• Advertising
• Free model book reading advertisements
• General ads in the app
• Pay for Placement (P4P) in Book Catalog
• Subscription fees (premium users)
• E-commerce affiliation
Cost Structure
• Product: 40%
• Development, Operations
• Content: 40%
• Acquisition, Maintenance
• Marketing: 20%
• Users, PR
+ +
Product
40%
Marketing
20%
Content
40%